Dinosaurs nesting on tidal flats

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 153-163

  Lopez Martinez N ^a   Moratalla, J J ^b   Sanz, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IBERDROLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Eggs; Nests; Spanish Pyrenees; Tidal flats; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; NESTING; TIDAL FLAT;

BISCARRI; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MEGALOOLITHUS; MEGALOOLITHUS SIRUGUEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342803188     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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